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Benefits of confirming early The Midwest Cattleman · August 25, 2022 · P13

pregnancy in heifers

K-State beef cattle experts say checking pregnancy
status early can help with culling decisions

By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and Extension news service
Many hopeful parents ea- Larson.
gerly watch for the result on Veterinarian Brad White
a home pregnancy test be- added: “Those cows are also
cause they know that answer more productive in regard to
will likely influence personal producing calves with heavi-
choices of the mother in her er weaning weights over the
nutrition and how she cares long term.”
for herself and her baby. The Larson defined an early
sooner the couple has that pregnancy check as one that
information, the more able occurs about 100 days after
they are to respond to it. the breeding season has The knowledge gained through early pregnancy confirmation allows producers to make
informed culling decisions.
In much the same way, beef started.
producers are better able to “One of the important rea- “Those that got pregnant point, nutritionist Phillip
manage their herd with an sons to do a pregnancy check late should be considered for Lancaster said there is an
early confirmation of preg- is to more accurately identi- culling,” Larson said. advantage to knowing the
nancy, especially with the fy when they became preg- However, veterinarian pregnancy status.
heifers and first-calf females, nant,” Larson said. “A 30-day Brian Lubbers cautioned “A bred cow has a lot
said the experts at the Kan- difference in gestational age producers not to check for more value than an open
sas State University Beef is easy to pick up on early in pregnancy too early. (non-pregnant) cow when she
Cattle Institute speaking on the pregnancy and nearly im- “Usually before day 35 is sold,” Lancaster said.
a recent Cattle Chat podcast. possible to distinguish late in there will be some natu- Larson added that if cat-
“We know that cows that the pregnancy.” ral embryo loss, so I recom- tle producers can sell ahead
get pregnant early in the Larson said it is especially mend checking for pregnancy of the typical culling season,
breeding season tend to stay important to do these tests on about 30 days after you pull there are some economic ad-
in the herd longer than those heifers and young cows that the bulls out of the pasture,” vantages.
who get bred late in the sea- may be managed differently Lubbers said.
son,” said veterinarian Bob than the rest of the herd. From a marketing stand-

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